Rominger went on to say that continuances are routinely granted in trials, especially cases with so much evidence.

“We couldn’t get one continuance for Jerry Sandusky,” he said. “As a result, we (Rominger and Amendola) asked to resign from the case.

Addressing reporters outside the courthouse, after Sandusky was taken in handcuffs to the Centre County Correctional Facility, Amendola said the judge’s decision to deny requests for more time could be the basis for an appeal.

“We fought our butts off,” Amendola said, “but realistically we knew, as I said many, many times, this was like climbing Mount Everest from the bottom, and obviously we didn’t make it.”